Where does “明朝体” come from?

明朝体 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 体, from Middle Chinese 體.

明朝体 (Japanese): the Ming typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western serif style

Definitions

  1. the Ming typographic style of East Asian scripts (Han, hangul, kana), equivalent to the Western serif style

Ancestry of “明朝体”, step by step

明朝体 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 体

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese体In general: the body, e.g. of a human or animal;...
2Middle Chinese體—

via Japanese 明朝

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese明朝tomorrow morning
Every word from Middle Chinese 體 →Every word from Japanese 体 →